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Preface
The Embedded Web System (EWS) is a network management system. The TP-Link Embedded Web Interface congures,
monitors, and troubleshoots network devices from a remote web browser. The TP-Link Embedded Web Interface web pages
are easy-to-use and easy-to-navigate. In addition, the TP-Link Embedded Web Inter-face provides real time graphs and
RMON statistics to help system administrators monitor network performance.
This preface provides an overview to the TP-Link Embedded Interface User Guide.
This preface includes the following sections:
Guide Overview
Intended Audience
Guide Overview
This user guide is divided into the following sections to provide concise information for conguring, and managing the TP-Link
device:
Section 1. Getting Started — Provides information about using the EWS, including the TP-Link Embedded Web Interface,
management, and information buttons, as well as information about adding, modifying, and deleting devices.
Section 2. Dening Device Information — Provides information about opening the device zoom view, dening general
system properties, and enabling Jumbo frames.
Section 3. Setting the System Time — Provides information about conguring system time parameters, includ-ing Daylight
Savings Time (DST) and Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP).
Section 4. Conguring System Logs — Provides information about enabling and dening system logs.
Section 5. Configuring Device Security — Provides information about configuring device security for management
security, trafc control, and network security.
Section 7. Conguring Interfaces — Provides information about conguring system interfaces, ports, port groups (LAGs)
and protocols (LACP). Provides information about conguring and managing VLANs, including VLAN GARP and VLAN
GVRP.
Section 6. Dening IP Addresses — Provides information about dening device IP addresses, ARP, and Domain Name
Servers (DNS).
Section 8. Dening the Forwarding Database — Provides information about conguring and managing both static and
dynamic MAC addresses.
Section 9. Conguring the Spanning Tree Protocol — Provides information about conguring Spanning Tree Protocol
(STP) including the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP).
Section 10. Conguring Multicast Forwarding — Provides information about Multicast Forwarding.
Section 11. Conguring SNMP Management — Provides information about Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
management, including dening SNMP v1,v2c, and v3, SNMP lters and notications.
Section 12. Conguring Quality of Service — Provides information about conguring Quality of Service parameters on the
device.
Section 13. Managing System Files — Provides information about downloading, uploading, and copying system les.